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Libya’s racist population: Blacks humiliated and called “dogs” by “rebels”

Wondering if blacks were treated like this by Muammar Gaddafi.

Apparently, the UN and the numberless anti-racist organizations turn a blind eye when it comes to clear racism exhibited by Muslims towards blacks.

Imagine the international reaction if the “rebels” were anything but Muslims.

 

 

 

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Canada hazardous to immigrants’ health

Tika Devi Gurung, left, and her children Sudesh, Parash, Suk Bahadur and Phul Maya, spent years in a refugee camp in Nepal before they were finally resettled in Ottawa in December. Photograph by: Bruno Schlumberger, The Ottawa Citizen , Ottawa Citizen

Why Canada is hazardous to their health
Every year, tens of thousands of immigrants arrive in this country expecting to lead long and happy lives. While most arrive healthier than native-born Canadians, within a decade that begins to change, and their mortality rates rise, along with their rates of chronic disease. As Louisa Taylor writes, a growing number of experts say the Canadian health-care system is failing many of the people we bring in, and we need to find out why
By Louisa Taylor, Ottawa Citizen February 25, 2012

Tika Devi Gurung, left, and her children Sudesh, Parash, Suk Bahadur and Phul Maya, spent years in a refugee camp in Nepal before they were finally resettled in Ottawa in December.
Photograph by: Bruno Schlumberger, The Ottawa Citizen , Ottawa Citizen

In 2011, the Citizen’s Louisa Taylor won a fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research that allowed her to research and write about immigrant health in Nepal, India, the United States and Canada. “In my work I often hear about the ‘healthy immigrant effect,’” says Taylor. “The idea that newcomers get sicker when they move here seems like an alarming trend in a country built on immigration. This fellowship was my chance to find out what we know about it and what it means for health care.”

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Canadian Immigration introduces new citizenship documentation in effort to curb fraud

Canadian Immigration introduces new citizenship documentation

24 February 2012

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From 1 February 2012 Canadian Immigration and Citizenship (CIC) has started issuing new citizenship documents to new citizens in an effort to cut down on fraud. CIC will no longer produce the current plastic wallet-sized citizenship certificate or the commemorative certificate and will instead provide new citizens with a letter-sized paper citizenship certificate. The new paper certificate features information that can be validated through a new electronic validation system.

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According to CIC, the new certificate contains a unique number and basic information about its holder, such as names, date of birth and gender. This allows other government departments to validate citizenship information via an electronic validation system, reducing the possibility of citizenship fraud.

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More and more Canadian-born Greeks returning to Canada as Greece faces economic crisis

More Greek residents willing to say ‘yassou’ to Canada due to economic crisis
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, Postmedia News February 23, 2012

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Former restaurateur George Varvarigos has started a new career in auto sales after immigrating from Greece seven months ago.

Varvarigos, 37, sold his share of a restaurant and came to Canada with hopes for a better future.

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